Occupation: Animator Birth: September 13, 1937
You've got to be able to make animation for much less... Less is not the studio's way..
Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's a gr….
The marketing department is really an important part of getting an animated film to work. If the people running it are used to selling live action fi….
I prefer that animation reach into places where live action doesn't go, and it seems like all of animation nowadays is trying to go where live action….
But I've been surprised over the years. I mean, someone told me the other day that maybe 360 million people have played this game in the world. That'….
I think the work that they do and the style of 3D graphics is absolutely fabulous and I think it's a great brush to use for some stories. And there a….
The only one that seems to be able to hold the business is Disney. They do it is because they have a fabulous philosophy about marketing- but even th….
Reese Witherspoon. She's sophisticated enough that you just like her. You like her and she's smart..
If you look at the game and everything, it's not quite like looking at an animated film, because that's total character. This, this is really movemen….
We'd love to do Space Ace 3D. It has a lot of potential. But, it is really up to the publishers..
Dragon's Lair 3D is about as close as you can come to controlling an animated feature film..
It's whatever sells; it's the business of it..
I cannot explain why they made that sequel to Secret of NIMH. Because they claim that it the original didn't make money, so what was the enthusiasm t….
The heart of Dragon's Lair has always been its compelling story. With Dragon's Lair 3D, we think the team has really created an interactive animated ….
I'm also very pleased that we were able to include a full orchestrated score for Dragon's Lair 3D. The 40 different music pieces blend with the actio….
With movies, you are always in search is a good story, one that everyone will relate to and love. I love finding those stories and creating a visual ….
How can you have a director that doesn't go to work with the crew every day and talk to them?.
I think we have to bottom out. When the studios jump out of the ring, perhaps the artist can get back in..
In the animation world, people who understand pencils and paper usually aren't computer people, and the computer people usually aren't the artistic p….
When business executives are making the artistic decisions and don't understand animation, things can go awry..
As you follow the escapades or the journey of the hero through a story, it evokes some kind of emotion in the viewers. The director's job is to make ….